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Price U-OQ Per Year. MORE IS NECESSARY. A Fnpil Before Being: A8Tnccl in Ills Studies Most Dave All Obscnre Concepts Kemovel-FroiiiiMCiation and Punctuation Not the only Re jtiIsUe3 of Reading. Written for the Standard. To begin where the stop was aado in the last communication, tbo teacher's chief endeavor to advance his classes should be v&do ?ith the view to enlarge the rrcle of thought of the pupils, by iemoving obscurity from the use Ui but not clearly known con- "-V pis they already have. We chief endeavor, because a part oi the attention of th3 teacher 'huld be used to give new con . t3 when the progress of the children demands it. That there may arise such a demand ought to be evident to a-? teacher. Tho . removal of obscurity from tho idsaa the chil dren have already beiug followed by other concepts, some clearly, others obscurely known, it may happen that, the minds of the children having wandered from the subject or lessen, the new ideas are not such as the teacher desires the pupils to have. In such cases it should be the object of tho teacher to bring the atten tion of the class back to the sub ject to bo taught. This may ren der it necessary to introduce some new idea. The human mind, is so consti tuted that it can give lose, atten tion to but one thing at a time. The teacher should see that it is given to the subject or lesson he Js teaching. In order that the obscurely known concepts may become clearly known, the efforts of the teacher must be adequate. There must be sufficient repeti tion by means of reviews and oral questioning to remove the ob scurity, thus rendering the newly acquired concepts fit to become useful in removing the obscurity from others and new concepts that may present themselves for attention. Without the proper effort, intelligently directed on the part of the teacher, no progress, or, if any, very slow progress will be made by the pupils. Suppose, for example, the teacher has a primary class in reading, and wishes to advance the pupils to the second reader, but wants them, to be properly prepared' for advancement. The children seem to read well. - They pronounce the words as a general thing correctly, and observe the punctuation points. The claas seems well prepared to advance to the second reader. The teacher prDbably has been thinking of telling the children to get second readers. But are pronouncing words correctly, and observing punctuation points, all the prepa ration qualifying a child to ad vance from the first to the second reader ? Pronouncing words well, and observing the punctuation marks, are no doubt very good evidence that the children are making progress, but are they all that are needed? The teacher who thinks tho.v all fWf j UUA VULi V 11. needed and advances the class may find before he has gone far that tho ctea .&ien . from the first reader too and conse quently ho has made a mistake. It is not any more the pronun ciation of words than it is the proper understanding of the words pronounced that qualifies the child for advancement. To make the pronunciation of words the sole test might result in noth- mg more than advancing the child from one book that contains a great number of obscure con cepts to another which contains an equal or even greater number of obscurely known concepts. It mii:lit be progress in pronouncing words and not progress in gaining clearly known facta. Reading is somewhat like arith metic. The pupil writes the so- lution of an example- on the blackboard. That ODt ration is usually called working the sum. That, however, is , an error. Writing the solution od the black board is not working the sum. It is only tho evidence that the sum is getting worked. The mind of the pupil doe3 the work. The sum is worked in hia head. So with reading, pronouncing words is the evidence that tho' reading is taking place in the mind of the pupil. Tho teacher should en deavor to see that the mind ap prehends tho signification of the words pronounced, that the pupil gets ideas, from the combination of words he pronounces, that he knows what ho is readiDfr about, and comprehends what he is read ing. If the pupil ha3 been well taught in the first reader, prog ress in the second will be easy. A little patience and careful work accompanied by several times going over the first reader, will hardly fail to prepare the pupil for 1 advancement to the second reader. Similar observations ap ply to other studies. The teacher should never lose sight of the fact that it is the mind he is develop ing and training. H. J?. J. Ludwig. To Attend the 31arriagre Touiglit. Mr. and Mrp. R S Gray, Misses Minnie, Julia and JLotti8 Gray, and R,S Gray, Jr., from Charlotte, and Mr. Marion Duval from China Grove arrived thia morning to attend the DuvaKGray marriaga which takes place tonight at 7 30 oclock at the residence of Mr. W G Boshamer. Mr. R W Gray arrives tonight from Charlotte. Mr. W H Fleming, who is a Congressman from tha famous Watson and Blacs district, of Geor gia, also arrived thia morning from Washington D. 0. The marriage, on account of the recent death of Mr; J M Rameeur, will be a very quiet affair, only nar relatives and yery intimate friends being present. A. Terrible Tragedy. J i ; At Fauke, Ark., a few daya ago two men got into a quarrel and Jwent to using their pistols. The; two daughters of the one, McNight, fan out of the house to see what was t matter when stray bullets killed the one and mortally wounded the other. The father then killed his assailant; CONCORD, N. C.; WEDNESDAY DEC PERSOM A L POINTERS. Mr. J Frank ATcCubbics, of Salisbury, is here this afternoon. Miss Jennie Gibson left this morning for Winston. Mrs. G T Crowell returned home this morning from a visit to Charlotte. r : i Misa Ethel Hamilton, of News ellg, is visiting her cousin, Miss Ola Hamilton . . Mr. Neal 'Henderson; of Moores ville, i3 hen today with his sisters, Mesdamea Neely and Morris. -Miss Hatcio Weddington re turned homo this morning. She went to Davidnoa Sunday siier noon. -. Mr; Char. Lootnio, who hss . been spending several days here at the home of Mr. M J Freeman, re turned to Auueta, Ga., tLis morn ing. Misses Bessie and Laura Ballard and Jane Eckles returned to Green3 boro this morning, after bemg ti e guests of Mr, B T-Ballard at.the St. Cloud ye3terday. They attended the german last night. Miss Bonnie Oatee, cf Char lotte, whot?e qualities as a singer are unparallelbd by but few if any in the South, will arrive tomorrow morning to visit Miss Nannie Can non. FRENCH PEAS, KORNLET and ITALIAN PASTE ac JUi ill rrjson GR0CER5 Sirs. Jolin Verble Dead. Ever since last Sunday night Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W Brown had been at the bed side of Mrs. Jno. Verble, of Salisbury. Death claimed her on Monday nignt, after she had lingered for quite a long while, having been nearly 92 years of age, and was entirely blind. It will be remembered that her husband died only a few weeks ago. 5 Tlie Number of Deaths for Them. Messrs. Bell, Harris Co., one of our undertaking firms, have made up their report of the number oi orders they have filled for coffins this year. The number has reached al ready 164 for our county by this firm. This will come very near being an order every other day for the interment of tlie dead, An optimit will bore one to death " ' r i f a11rirr nf hi4 tmnn.PRFPa and a nE - smist willkiye one '.the bides talks ing of his failures, bo it is best to Q Qjh arid seek Tlhe compan- ionship of some agreeable fellow who. will listen while you talk of yourself. Er. ,2S: 1398. annpii Fetzer Company. Our goods have been going out with a rush this week. Still we've got' plenty things yet that will interest you. Plenty handsome things for Christmas presents, and the price is always the lowest. Lots of things on both sides. We are too busy to enumerate. Come' and we'll show you. We have .been; worked so hard this fall that we, feel bound . to close up on Monday to catch a long breath. We're thankful for the splendid trade we've had, and we'll be open till 11 o'clock Satur day night bright as a new pin, but we ask our friends', to come toaay And Saturday and .we'll close Monday for a needed rest. Yours, Gannon & Fetzer Company. and WHY NOT GET INTO THE SWIM THE ELECTION IS -OVEE THANKSGIVING IS PAST AND IN A FEW MORE DAYSg WE WILL HAVE . CHRISTMAS AGAIN. PRESENTS ! Oh, Yes ! ; You must have presents for Christmas times. We don't know of any better place in the State of North Carolina to buy a usef ul as well as on orna mental PRESENT than the !" ' . , - FURNITURES HOUSE 0P BELL HARRIS & GO. SEE. Run over the list and see if we are not correct, . One ! , " Hundred Bed Room Suits in all the fancy woods. Parlor good, medium and best. Wardrobes, Side Boards, China Closets, Office Desks,, Book Cases, Hall Racks, Rocking Chairs, Dining Chairs and all kinds of children Chairs, Eis sels Carpet Sweepers, Cook Stoves, Mattress and Spring Baby Tenders, Boy peds, etc. Our line of -Pictures and Frames,' Mirrors, Lamps, etc., must be seen to be appreciated, - We haye- bought largely. We have boughiat right' prices. We have bought to sell if I ... , ... ii iTrnn will fnvnr ns with a nail ..r mean just what we say. Come and see us. With best wishes for a merry Christmas we are ; Yours - Befll, Oarns' Company. Single Copy 5 Cents. . 1 1 2 4 "4 3 1 - tu a i 1 -MS "SI 1 1 f fc' 3 US ' m a S PA win ii a. " :n i,f WP will convince VOU tnaC W8 PARKS BE ill!
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